A 19-year-old male student was found dead at the University of California, Berkeley's Clark Carr Campus on Tuesday, SF Gate reported.
Marco Troper, son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found dead in a residential hall complex on campus. according to Go to the SF gate. Toxicology report results are not yet available, but Troper's grandmother, Esther Wojcicki, said she believes Marco's untimely death may have been due to a possible overdose, although the details of the substances involved are unknown. He told the media about his suspicions. “He took drugs, but we don't know what was in them,” she said. “One thing we know is it was drugs.”
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Troper was found unresponsive in his dorm room at KTVU. report. Efforts by the Berkeley Fire Department to resuscitate him were futile, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, campus spokeswoman Janet Gilmore confirmed. (Related: Police begin investigation after 10 students allegedly overdosed on opioids at a high school)
Esther, an influential figure in Silicon Valley and founder of Palo Alto High School's media arts program, expressed her sadness via social media. post.
“Tragedy struck my family yesterday. My beloved grandson, Marco Troper, 19, passed away yesterday. Our family is devastated beyond comprehension,” she wrote. “Marco was a very kind, loving, smart, fun and beautiful human being. He was just starting his second semester of his freshman year majoring in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley and absolutely loved math. .”
“We are all devastated thinking of all the opportunities and life experiences he will miss and that we will miss together. Marco, we all love you. And I miss you more than you know,” my grandmother continued.
Troper's mother's sister is Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of genetic testing company 23andMe.
